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JAMES CITY — Warhill High led for 32 minutes, 17 seconds of Monday’s Group 3A East regional girls basketball game, but that wasn’t long enough in the Lions’ 70-63 overtime loss to Petersburg. Petersburg, which advanced to face Loudoun Valley in a quarterfinal, rallied from a 13-point third-quarter deficit to force overtime before outscoring Warhill 11-4 in the extra session. The game was played at a slower pace, favoring Warhill, in the first half and into the second half before the Crimson Wave turned up the pressure and capitalized on several turnovers by the Lions. Warhill freshman Olivia Schulz, who finished with 12 points, fouled out with about three...

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JAMES CITY — Warhill High led for 32 minutes, 17 seconds of Monday’s Group 3A East regional girls basketball game, but that wasn’t long enough in the Lions’ 70-63 overtime loss to Petersburg.
Petersburg, which advanced to face Loudoun Valley in a...

BLACKSBURG — Dmitri Batten scored a career-high-tying 18 to lead Boston College to a 66-59 victory over Virginia Tech on Monday night.
Batten hit 7 of 9 from the field, including a career-high four 3-pointers for the Eagles (11-18, 3-14 ACC), who won...

VIRGINIA BEACH — The book on Hampton was simple: Stop the Big Three, and you stop the Crabbers. Or so the theory went.
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YORK — Bruton’s boys basketball team had not played a game since Feb. 13 and had little practice in the interim. For 3 1/2 quarters, it showed as the Panthers shot poorly, turned the ball over often and never led in their 2A East Region first-round game...

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James Daniel, a Phoebus High graduate, sank a 3-point shot just before the overtime buzzer Monday night to give Howard a 61-59 victory over Norfolk State.
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Darion Atkins needed a change. He wasn't going to endure another season like the one he had last year.
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The result was routine: Virginia defeated...

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The record came calmly and quietly, at the foul line, with an easy, fluid motion honed and perfected over thousands of hours of practice. That’s Marcus Thornton.
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WILLIAMSBURG — Everything was in place for a celebration at William and Mary. Big crowd. TV audience. Best player in school history poised to culminate his career by leading the program to a conference title and No. 1 seed in the CAA tournament on his way...

CHESAPEAKE — It was just past midnight, officially the day of the Monitor-Merrimac semifinals, and Bethel coach Craig Brehon's phone beeped. Who would be texting him at that hour?
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CHARLOTTESVILLE — London Perrantes tried to follow doctor’s orders for a half Saturday in No. 2 Virginia’s 69-57 victory against Virginia Tech, but the masked look just wasn’t working for him.
Everything else about his game was nearly perfect.
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WASHINGTON -- The latest "Battle of the Real HU" couldn't have been any closer, but the result was familiar.
Quinton Chievous' layup with seven seconds remaining lifted Hampton University to a 68-67 victory at Howard on Saturday night.
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YORK — Before the Virginia High School League’s realignment, regional tournament success and state tournament berths were routine for the boys and girls basketball teams at Grafton High. This year, it would take a string of upsets in next week’s Group...